The 146th US Open runs from August 30 to September 13, 2026 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, United States. The tournament features 128-player men’s and women’s singles draws played on DecoTurf hard courts. As the final Grand Slam of the season, the US Open often crowns champions whose form has built across the entire year, and the New York setting gives the tournament an energy unlike any other event in tennis.
The US Open traces its origins to 1881, when the US National Championships were first held at the Newport Casino in Rhode Island. The tournament moved to its current Flushing Meadows location in 1978. Arthur Ashe Stadium, the main showcourt, opened in 1997 and remains the largest tennis stadium in the world at 23,771 seats. The 2001 women’s semifinal between Venus and Serena Williams drew the largest US television audience for a tennis match in over a decade. Jimmy Connors’ run to the 1991 semifinal at age 39, fueled by raucous New York crowds, remains one of the great stories in the tournament’s history.
The DecoTurf hard court surface plays medium-fast with a true, consistent bounce. New York in late August and early September is hot and humid, with temperatures regularly above 30 degrees Celsius and humidity that tests players’ fitness over long matches. The retractable roof on Arthur Ashe Stadium, completed in 2016, eliminated the chronic rain-delay problems that had pushed multiple finals to Monday in previous years. Night sessions at the US Open are a signature attraction: matches under lights in Arthur Ashe Stadium, with the Manhattan skyline visible beyond the court and the constant background noise of airplanes from nearby LaGuardia Airport, create an atmosphere that is as intense as any in professional sports.
New York operates on Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), UTC-4 during the tournament. Day sessions begin at 11:00 local time, which is 16:00 in London, 17:00 in Paris, and 01:00 the following day in Melbourne. Night sessions start at 19:00, translating to midnight in London and 01:00 in Central Europe. Check New York time or United States time for current local time at the venue.